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ii $1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable S, Y. Lists?, Chairman Ten18 Prfaon Board Qsoond Z?atlonalBank Building Bolls ten, Tezas 

# I Dear Sir:



### y prleonar~ to cifiolairr,'seaof the Prison d, Andyemplo~srr he **Prison Syotam?** 
paitment on the e fOllSw8t

en a6 to whether on Board to 8OIleroto state rlson Board, and

an rsaara aa authorfzing the Canera1 Managem to prooeed in accordimoe with'the custom of the past, which has been to lsnd trusties to orflalals and Board Member&*
"A member of the Prison Board, who is an attorney, feels that this Po,eolutionIs not e legal one, so I am,dlskingthat you give me anHonorable 8. 11.U8ter, Page 2

opinion in 

### thir matter. I would re8peOttu1ly 0Cd.lYOoUrettMtiOn to ArtiOle8 **370** and **373** of the Penal Code of the State or Texas, aud Articles 6184 & aad 6184 K of the Revised **CiVil StEhUt~8**  **Of 1986.** 
"We have only a few OaBeS where inmates are removed 

### from the unit8 to whioh they are attached for use by State or prison offioials. **A8** you likely know, quits a number of theed iJUMte8 are used 

### for sewant and helpers by **the eIllp1Oyee8** Of the Prison Sy8tem.at RlUt8- **Vilh** end **Other QriPOn**  **Ullit8. ”**  Artioli 370, Vernon*8 Annotated Penal Code provide8 in part: _,

'Ho 0rrlber 

### or employs o?.the state pwiitentiarie8 ShEi **be** ps@ttad. . . . to approprlato to'hie #irate u8e or am& ploymont the labor; **86rTiOO8** 

### or **III). 0r**  **eny etats**  **penitentiary** oonvlot **,** 

### or **of .eny**  **enl** mal, rehlole or.othar person&l property 

### be**longing tb**  **the Slate,**  **unle88 It**  be by th? **express** oon6ont~~ofth6 psnltentlery board had by an order fo that 

### effeot entered o? reoord.on ths minute8 o? 8aid board,.pro

### vldlng ?or%he quaountto 

### be paid by 8uoh 

### o??laer or em loya,~?or the ~80, employmen and **8033 Qe8** 

1p Of rush OOntiOt or Ooni ticts or the use of any per8onal property belonging ta **the. Stats;**  **i**

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**Artiole** 6166a, **Vernon*8** Annotated Civil Statutes read8 in part as fdlUw8:

". . . .All pri8oner8 8hall be worked within tie prison walls and upon **far1118** owned or **lea8ed** by the **Stetej** 

### and in PO avent 8hall the labor o? a prieoner be cold +.oany oontraotor or le8'eesto work 

### on farme, or el8ewherej nor ehall any prlteonerbe worked on any ?arm or otherwise, upon share8, exoept 8uoh farm be owned or lee8ed **by** the Stat4 of Texes."E.onorablo5. Y. Lillter,saga 9

**Artiole 61%1~,**  **Vernon ’** **8** AMotatsd **Cftll Statptee**  prorideet
:Ho **person** who has been appointed a **trua** ty ahall be auoh person Permitted to leave the prison where

s looeted except upon bucllnessoonneoted with the prison.* .titiolee6184g and 6184k, Vernon;8 Annotated Civil Statute8 read a8 follons:

"Art. 6184g. No trusty 8hall be psrmltted to be at large or oii the prieon property eiter ,8:00p. P., exoept when 

### aocompenisd by a **‘ guard**  or other offioer of the prison 8ystem, and it shall be the duty 0s all Offiesr8 0s the prf8on ayetem having oonvlots in oharga, whether at the prison proper, or on any of the farme, or eleewhere,~tO 880 that all trUetie ere,inside the 

### pieon bulldtnge by not 

### later thecqzoO,p. 

### m., provided that tIW3tie8,who'lPaybe 

### eoaompenled

.**by** a mamber of the .oomml88lon or other otiicer ofttha pri8on syrrtemand who era on journeys a-y 

### -‘Sromthe panitentlary at Huntirville,

### or the tarme where~8UOh~Qri8OINr8 8re located, 8hau be exempted ?rom tha prorlaionr-or this eeotion 0r.ths Aot wtils aotuelly away 

## rrw headquarters.* . . 'Art. 61848. Any member of the Board of Prison comd88ionsra, or hny werden 

### or farm manager, or any other employee of the Board of Prison cofuab8ioner8, whole duty it 28 to enroroe the provieiona of thi8 **Aot** who 8ha11 fail or refuse to entome the 8s.~ shall be subject to removal from ofrioe.W
Artfols 61&g, Vsrnonts Annotated Civil Statute8 pertain8 to the absence o? truetie iron the prison and **Art** 1018 01841 end 6lS4j, Vernon's Annotatad Civil Statutes provide 0ertai.nexemptions, however, we do not think that th,ese **atatutea** apply to the question under consideration.

Apparently under Article WC, eupra, the'amyloyesa of the penitentiary were permitted to use or employ the labor,

:~onorabls Bd Y. 

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servIcea,

### or the use o? any State penitentiary oonviot when the express oousent of the PenltentleryBoard ha8 been obtainedand an order to that efieotha8 been entered of record on theminutes of said board. However, Article 370, supra,wes enactedat a time (1903)when 

### the law permitted oonvictsto be leased to contractor8and lessees ganerally, but thispolioywas chasged,and the he8ing o? ,oonviatewes prohibitedby Aota of 1910, 4th Callsd Se88lon, p. 143,which becameArtlole 6174,R. C. S. 19ll. That artiole 

### was amndsd by Chapter 83, **Aots** 

### 1st Called Session, lolp,ahd was brought.?orwardin Artiol8 6167, **R&.8. 3925,**  

### whichWas repealedby Chapter Zig,ACt8 of the 40th lOgi8- lature, Artiole 6166a, supre, oontains in 8Ub8taUC4, the same language a8 the abovementioned Cfril **S&tUte8,** 

### prohibiting the leacling o? oonviotewhich wa8 enaoted in 19127. Apparently thishas bsenthe p.olloyo? the Legial8ture elnce 1910,and only 

### the **ti&8btUlW h8**  

### the Isgalauthority and power to ohauge the same. Itwill be noted that Artlola 6186adoee not expre88l 

### these two 8tatuts8are f repealArt1016 379, .eup,+a, 

### However, n par1 mat8ria dnd th81r~provielon8 la suoh re8peot eahnot be‘rsoonollod. Im'8uoh.o1roum8tanor8, "the oldrr statute (Artlols370) till **be** 

### held to',beIOpealed by fmplioation to the extect of the ooniliot. It 18 ' presumed that the Legl8latUm Intended to repealall,law8 andpert8 **of** 

### law8 olearly inoon8i8tentwith it8 'later'actra



### (Her$ the latsr,Aot **i8** 

### Artiole 6166a.l 39 Tsx. **G. ‘** **p:** 

### i45,s..w (Paranthe8i80~x8) Therefore,ws ,re8- peot?ully an8wer the.above stated quelrtion 

### in the negatlie. ,' Trwtlng that the forogofng fullyan8wem your ~nqulry;we 

### are Your8 very truly
APTROVEDAPR. 15, 

### 1942 Groverseller8 FIRSTASSISTART ATTORN-IEY



### GZNERAL **AW:f?,** ATTORNEY 

### 0BNERA.L OFTEXAS

BY ArdellViilliai~s

Assistant .. 

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